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As our pets age, they often experience the aches and pains associated with the degenerative joint disease, arthritis. Arthritis affects various joints--shoulder, knees, hips and wrists-and is generally divided into two types: degenerative (osteoarthritis) and inflammatory (rheumatoid).
What Is It?
Degenerative arthritis results from the destruction of the cartilage that protects the bones that make up the joints. This can be the result of normal stress on joints caused by jumping over obstacles, strenuous exercise or injuries from a fall.
Inflammatory arthritis is caused by an infection or by underlying immune diseases. The body attacks healthy ...